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What's most notable about both the initial vote and the final Hive poll is that Windows 7 was the only operating system that was given any sort of nomination and it went on to win with 27% of the vote. Following Windows 7 was UltraMon with 25% of the vote.

Certainly a close winner and first runner-up but notable because under previous Windows incarnations like Windows XP multi-monitor support was so sketchy that you needed applications like UltraMon and DisplayFusion (19%) to make your setup tolerable. Things have changed so much in the intervening decade that Windows 7 stands on its own with excellent multi-monitor support—that said I certainly love Windows 7 + Display Fusion Pro. Standing apart from the rest of the Hive was Synergy (23%) as the only application that bridged between operating systems instead of simply improving one operating system. Rounding out the top five was MultiMon with 2% of the vote.

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